The City has been providing a mix of arts programming and funding for artists and arts organizations for over two decades. Through its award-winning Parks & Recreation Department, the City offers arts classes, sponsors free performances at a variety of City venues, and in December of 2005, assumed ownership of the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, although a private non-profit organization manages and programs the venue. The City’s Community Arts Commission (BCAC), established in 1983, awards grants semi-annually to individuals and organizations for arts programming, sponsors a biennial postcard competition for artists and commissions public art through the City’s Percent for the Arts program. The City also presents exhibitions.